NOVKMBRB 12, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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Some of the Classes for Short Stems at the Boston Autumn Exhibition. 



J. A. Macrae won three firsts on cut 

 mums, F. C. Hoffman one first and 

 three seconds, and Macnair the Florist 

 one first. 



On chrysanthemum plants, pompons 

 and singles, the prizes were divided be- 

 tween Macnair the Florist, F. C. Hoff- 

 man, J. A. Macrae, R. J. Taylor, E. E. 

 Howard and the Bhode Island hospi- 

 tal. Wm. Appleton was first for palms 

 and foliage plants. 



T. J. Johnston & Co. and Johnston 

 Bros, divided the premiums on basket 

 and bouquet, the former being first and 

 the latter second. 



AMHEBST, MASS. 



November 3 and 4 a chrysanthemum 

 show and exhibition of floral arrange- 

 ments was given by the department of 

 floriculture at the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College. A large number of 

 chrysanthemums, all of which were 

 grown in the college greenhouses, were 

 shown. A contest among the junior stu- 

 dents in table decorations added mate- 

 rially to the interest of the show. Wed- 

 ding bouquets of roses, corsages and bas- 

 ket and box arrangements of various 

 kinds of flowers were done by the 

 seniors in the course. Exhibits of new 

 varieties of flowers, potted plants and 

 pottery were sent by growers and peo- 

 ple in the trade. The entire exhibition 

 was much larger than any held by the 

 department in former years and waa 

 visited by over 1,000 people from all 

 parts of the state as well as from the 

 vicinity. 



The junior students showed both taste 

 and skill in decorating their tables. In 

 this class were sixteen entries, for 

 which three prizes were awarded. Miss 

 Esther Chase, of Holden, Mass., received 

 hrst prize for a light and dainty design 

 of Fairy Queen (light pink pompon) 

 chrysanthemums and adiantum. Miss 

 Oertrude White won second prize with a 

 low decoration of Dorothy Dann (bronze 

 single) chrysanthemums and Asparagus 

 Sprengeri a table decoration of foli- 

 age ot Japanese maple and Dorothy 

 L)ann chrysanthemums gained third 

 prize for Mr. McKechnie The judges 

 were A. Butler, of Northampton ;\T 



exh^lL^-PT^' ^'"'■' ""^ Philadelphia, 

 antims t P'^°* 'novelties, crotons, adi- 

 son Co' ^^P"nfg"«' «t«- The P. R.'pier- 

 son Co., of Tarrytown, N. Y., showed 



different types of nephrolepis. Butler & 

 Ullman, of Northampton, Mass., had an 

 exhibit of accessories for the retail flo- 

 rist. Peter Fisher, of Ellis, Mass., and 

 the Montrose Greenhouses, of Montrose, 

 Mass., exhibited specialties in carna- 

 tions and roses. 



Tuesday evening, November 3, the 

 Holyoke and Northampton Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club met at the college in 

 conjunction with the M. A. C. Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club. A. Butler, of 

 Northampton, gave an interesting talk 

 on floral decoration. 



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Berlin, Genuany. — Communication 

 may now be had with Germany via 

 wireless from Sayville, N. Y., at 50 

 cents per word, cable count, plus the 

 land line charges. 



Bush Hill Park, England. — Stuart Low 

 & Co. have advised their correspondents 

 abroad that business engagements are 

 being executed as usual, the war having 

 made much less difference than appears 

 generally supposed. 



Yokohama, Japan. — Shippers of lily 

 bulbs, although they have consented to 

 the cancellation of a considerable part 

 of their orders for Europe, do not intend 

 to overload the American market, as 

 has been done with French and Dutch 

 bulbs. 



Hamburg, Germany.— England, which 

 usually takes a big percentage of the 

 crop, will refuse valley pips as long as 

 the two countries are at war. Conse- 

 quently it is a case of ship to America 

 or hold in cold storage until peace is de- 

 clared. The crop is of excellent quality 

 this year. 



Copenhagen, Denmark. — War risk in- 

 surance has gone up because of the ac- 

 tivity of both Germany and England 

 in strewing the northern waters with 

 mines. Arrangements have been made 

 for large quantities of valley pips to 



fo thence to America, but shippers are 

 elaying. 



Botterdam, Holland. — Of all the 

 world, this is the one port that is ex- 

 porting more goods to America than in 

 normal times. The consular statistics 

 show an increase of more than twenty- 

 five per cent. Horticultural traders' 

 commodities have contributed their 

 share to the gain. 



London, England. — In its determina- 

 tion to prevent trading with the enemy 

 the government now requires customs 

 oflScers to compel certificates of origin 

 or ultimatn destination to accompany 

 each foreign shipment. 



Orleans, France. — Levavasseur & 

 Sons say that although their force now 

 includes only women, boys under 19 

 and men over 45, they still have 180 

 hands in the nursery and have done 

 more and better work than ever be- 

 fore. They add that weather condi- 

 tions have been such that stock in the 

 district is of better quality than for 

 the previous three years. 



St. Remy-de-Provence, France. — J. 



Hasslach states: "Our trade has experi- 

 enced temporary embarrassment in con- 

 sequence of the European war. People 

 are much pushed for money, because no 

 sale takes place. Further, a great deal 

 of seeds cannot be gathered because 

 numerous growers have been touched 

 by the mobilization. A large acreage 

 cannot be prepared to proiluce seeds for 

 1915 or will be devoted to corn or pota- 

 toes. We will have a great deficiency 

 in the crop of 1915." 



Nancy, France.— The nursery of Le- 

 moine & Son, over which European 

 armies have battled for weeks, has 

 been the birthplace of some of the 

 plants most popular in America. Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine was preceded 

 by: Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, 

 1866; Abutilon Boule de Neige, 1872; 

 Monttretia crocosma>flora, 1882; vari- 

 ous hybrid astilbes, distinct forms of 

 Anemone Japonica, and various wei- 

 gelas, including the variety Abel Car- 

 riere, sent out nearly forty years ago, 

 but still one of the best pink-flowering 

 varieties in cultivation. 



